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Politics, Records and Facial Recognition in Criminal Justice: How it affects us all
Edward Claughton, CEOPRI Management GroupAugust 2019 Print PDF While in the gym this morning, I overheard a man and a woman discussing last night's presidential debate. One of them said, "I just think she's easier on the eyes; how the person looks, I think, is just...
Records Management Plans Are a Must
Brian Cash Director of Training June 2019 Download PDF Does your agency push a lot of paper? Print things out unnecessarily? Create files for records which are already in a system? PRI teaches a lot about the importance of establishing a records management plan. It...
Information Management in Criminal Justice. Is Yours Efficient?
Ed Claughton, President PRI Management Group Print PDF Recently I flew on Silver Airways, an airline I had never heard of. With only a couple of routes out of South Florida it’s a small airline yet, incredibly efficient. They had the only flight left to where I...
Tech Projects: planning ahead with the right people in place
Edward Claughton, President PRI Management Group July 2018 print PDF It's 2018 and yet another tech revolution is upon us. The question is will law enforcement make the changes necessary to traverse it correctly. It is astonishing how many police agencies are to this...
Does your prosecutors’ office require the “original”?
Edward Claughton, President PRI Management Group March 2018 Print .PDF Arrest forms. Booking records. Statements. Bonds. Affidavits. It's time our prosecutors' offices get with the times and start accepting electronic records. Across the country our court systems are...
Transforming a police agency one record at a time
Edward Claughton, President PRI Management Group November 2017 Collaborative reform. Consent decrees. The need for these is often based on issues that run deep within and throughout the agency, not on isolated problems that are one dimensional. They are matters which...
Applying for NCS-X Grants
Edward Claughton, President PRI Management Group February 2017 Print .PDF In the past year or so, PRI has received several calls from agencies seeking grants related to converting to NIBRS through the NCS-X initiative. Accordingly, we are sharing the guidance we...
Got an RMS that isn’t used as it should be?
Edward Claughton, President PRI Management Group February 2017 Print .PDF Investment in a records management system can range from as low as $35,000 for a very small agency up to millions for a large one. So with this expenditure, why do so many agencies not use the...
Law Enforcement is Failing at Crime Reporting
Edward Claughton, President PRI Management Group November 2016 At the center of the law enforcement profession is the proper reporting of crime. Doctors report medical data, schools report student data and police report crime data. Law enforcement is failing miserably...
On quality control of records: agencies still failing
Edward Claughton, President PRI Management Group August 2016 Case-in-point: CalGang Database Police agencies which refuse to recognize that quality control of police reports should include Records personnel correcting errors are begging for problems. Â Quality control...
On report writing: who is “this officer…”?
PRI Management Group August 2016 It's 2016 and we're still talking about police reports written in the 3rd person. Â After reading literally thousands upon thousands of police reports in our work as police records consultants and auditors, we've seen our fair share of...
There’s No Such Thing As Automated Redaction
Edward Claughton, President PRI Management Group A couple of body-worn camera companies (BWC) are promoting "automated redaction" as a key feature of their product.  Let me be very clear: there is no such thing! While the software may be able to track a face or an...
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